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    heat lamp, timing-?

    I am wondering if I should put a timer on my heat lamp to turn it off at night. Or just leave it on all the time? My chicks are right now one week old.
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    Using Sweet PDZ, how does it work?? HELP!!

    I sort of do what Dobie Lover does. I rake up the Poo with a Horse poo shovel with a fine screen on it. Then smooth out the sand and PDZ horse mixture under the 1 inch dowels for roosts . I have gravel in the bottom of the coop. No perches or poo boards to clean.
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    Official BYC Poll: How Do You Keep Your Coop Smelling Fresh?

    I keep mine smelling fresh by using PDZ. It's a powder sold and used by horse people to keep the urine smell down where the horses are penned up.
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    chicks are huddling?

    I have 28 chicks that are about a week old. Have a red heat light suspended about 18 inches above the brooder. Chicks seem to wnt to huddle over in the corner. I have tried turning the lamp on or off. I makes no difference to them. So what do you all think about this huddling? Oh, they are...
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